Thanksgiving in CA -- pt 2

Sunday we were able to make it to the morning service at our old church. It was wonderful to visit there with friends and catch up with our pastor. Then we had lunch with one of my oldest and dearest friends, Quinn, and her new baby and husband. We've gone from preschool friends to know having known each other for 25+ years...it was wonderful to have our two families together! (Darnit, we forgot to get a picture!)

Then we headed to the beach. We had a fun afternoon sightseeing and playing tourist around our favorite coastal town. We fed the seals, walked along the piers and played in the sand and water.
Trev goofin' around on the Embarcadero.
Can't miss feeding the seals!

Em having fun at the beach!
Carter's first time puttng his toes in the Pacific Ocean


We enjoyed a yummy dinner of authentic clam chowder with my brother and he took us out for a tour of his new boat. We had an amazing day! It's silly how being land locked in Oklahoma has soooo made us appreciate the Pacific Coast!!

The rest of our vacation was spent enjoying time with my parents and our friends. We took the big monkeys to see a movie, Joshua cooked us some yummy dinners, and Mom and Dad made a wonderful Thanksgiving Dinner complete with all of the trimmings. All in all a great vacation!

We flew home on a direct 3 hour flight on Friday (sigh, I missed Black Friday shopping). Carter again did amazing on that flight too, napping and behaving wonderfully...guess I stressed over nothing lol.

And first thing was first...the very next day Joshua dug all of the Christmas stuff out of the attic so we could start decorating. Stay tuned...